It’s often said that it’s an honor to be nominated…but the Free Hot Water team feels even more honored and excited to announce that it has won the 2013 Intersolar North America Project Award for our 15th St Solar Thermal … Continue reading
Finally, the President has installed a solar hot water system, but it’s not President Obama and it’s not on the White House. The president is actually George W. Bush, and the installation was recently completed on his new LEED-Platinum presidential … Continue reading
Many of us who live in big cities and modern infrastructure take our hot water for granted. We turn on the tap, and hot, warm, or cold water comes flowing out without a problem. But the same can’t be said … Continue reading
Perhaps not surprisingly, solar hot water has been left out of renewable energy mandates in Massachusetts. But a new coalition of thermal energy advocates has started a new campaign to change that. With a state renewable portfolio standard (RPS), a … Continue reading
Just as apartment building owners are seeing the advantages of installing solar hot water, more and more prisons-especially rural prisons-are also realizing just how liberating solar water heating can be for their state budgets. Like apartment buildings and hotels, correctional … Continue reading
Woody’s Laundromat is a neighborhood institution for residents seeking a clean and convenient laundry facility in the Lake Merritt area of Oakland, California. As the 2009/2010 winner of the OneCalifornia Foundation’s OaklandIndie Award, Woody’s was named a Neighborhood Dynamo, and … Continue reading
Free Hot Water is now manufacturing custom commercial outdoor skid pump stations at our San Jose, California headquarters. These high volume solar thermal pump stations are designed and engineered for commercial and industrial applications, such as heating hot water for … Continue reading
Over the past few months, Free Hot Water has received some significant press for our Solar Thermal+PV apartment complex on 15th St. in San Francisco. The reason for all of this attention is because our engineers designed a solar heating … Continue reading
If you’re attending Intersolar in San Francisco this July, be sure to set time aside to attend the Solar Heating and Cooling: Innovations & Applications session. That’s when Gal Moyal, Free Hot Water’s chief engineer and CEO, will present a … Continue reading
On Earth Day 2013, Free Hot Water was recognized by San Jose City Councilmember Ash Kalra for our Tradewinds project. Kalra was the scissor–cutter of honor, cutting the ceremonial ribbon of the largest multi-unit residential solar thermal installation in California … Continue reading
